A cikin watanni biyu da rabi tun bayan fashewar wani abu a yammacin jihar Texas, wurin ajiyar takin zamani ya yi sanadin mutuwar mutane 12 da suka ba da amsa na farko, yayin da akalla mutane 200 suka jikkata, abubuwa biyu sun bayyana karara. Za a iya guje wa bala'in idan an yi ƙa'idodin da suka dace kuma an aiwatar da su-kuma hukumomin jihohi da na tarayya ba sa yin gaggawar sanya waɗannan ƙa'idodin ko tilasta su.
Texas, wacce yanayin yanayin rashin kwanciyar hankali ya shigo don bincike bayan fashewar Yammacin Turai, ta shiga wani zama na musamman na majalisar dokokin jihar a ranar Litinin don matsawa da dokar zubar da ciki ta omnibus da aka tsara don daidaita asibitocin zubar da ciki 37 daga wanzuwa. Amma zaman na 2013 zai zo kusa ba tare da wani muhimmin mataki na sanya kariya a kan 74 wurare a cikin jihar wanda ya ƙunshi akalla fam 10,000 na ammonium nitrate.
'Yan majalisa a Austin suna da uzuri mai kyau don sanya sabbin ka'idojin taki: Wannan zai zama kutse. Sanata Donna Campbell, 'yar jam'iyyar Republican, wadda ta taimaka wajen rufe dokar zubar da ciki, Sanata Wendy Davis na jam'iyyar Democrat bisa dalilai, ta shaida wa New York Times ya kamata 'yan majalisa su yi taka tsantsan wajen sa ido kan masana'antar sinadarai saboda akwai "lokacin da za ku iya wuce gona da iri."
Kamar yadda binciken da aka yi game da fashewar Yamma ya nuna, ko da yake, ƙayyadaddun tsari ba shi da haɗari a Texas. Bala'in ya kasance sananne saboda ƙanƙantar ƙa'idodin da ke akwai da kuma ƙarancin aiwatar da shi. Tun da bala'i na Afrilu 17 mun koyi cewa:
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Ma'aikatar Kiwon Lafiya ta Jihar Texas, wacce ke bin diddigin ajiyar sinadarai masu haɗari, ya ce an haramta shi daga sarrafa waɗannan sinadarai kuma dole ne kowace ƙa'ida ta fito daga jami'an gida. Sai dai…
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West yana cikin gundumar McLennan, wanda, kamar kashi 70 cikin dari na kananan hukumomi a jihar, an haramta shi bisa ka'ida daga yin amfani da nata ka'idojin kashe gobara har zuwa 2010, lokacin da ta kai ga yawan jama'a. Yana bai yi ba dauko daya tun.
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Texas yana daya daga cikin kawai jihohi hudu ba tare da ƙa'idodin jihar gaba ɗaya don amincin wuta da adanawa a wuraren sinadarai ba.
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'Yanci daga ƙuntatawa na lambobin wuta, West Fertilizer Co. ta adana ammonium nitrate a cikin akwatunan katako da kuma ba shi ma da tsarin yayyafawa.
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Matsakaicin iyakar jihar kan harajin kadarorin yana nufin cewa ko da an ba su izinin samun lambobin kashe gobara, yawancin sassan kashe gobara na Texas. kasa iyawa kayan aikin da ake bukata domin yakar gobara a cibiyoyin sinadarai da ke cikin rashin daidaito a yankunan karkara.
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kamfanin bai sanar ba masu tsara na cikin gida na kasancewar sinadarai masu haɗari a wurin har zuwa shekara ta 2012-aƙalla shekaru shida bayan dokar tarayya za ta buƙaci su yi hakan-kuma ba a taɓa yiwa ma'aikatan kashe gobara na garin bayanin yadda za su magance gobarar da ta tashi a wurin ba. Wani ma’aikacin kashe gobara ya yi kokarin nemo bayanan da ke kan wayar sa ta wayar salula a kan hanyar zuwa gobarar amma ya hakura.
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Kudin hannun jari West Fertilizer Co., Ltd.mafi munin yanayin saki” a cewar takardun da aka bai wa Hukumar Kare Muhalli, ba ta bada damar yiwuwar tashin gobara ko fashe ba.
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Ma'aikatar Tsaro da Lafiya ta Ma'aikata ba ta duba wurin ba tun 1985, lokacin da, bayan gano "mummunan cin zarafi" guda biyar, an ci tarar kamfanin $30. (Wannan shine $64.95 a dalar yau.) Tsawan shekaru 28 tsakanin binciken ba shi da kyau sosai, idan aka yi la'akari da OSHA yana da ikon bincika kowane rukunin sinadarai a Amurka game da sau ɗaya a kowace shekara 129.
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West Fertiliser Co inshora don kawai $1 miliyan, da adadin daidai na ɗaukar alhakin abin alhaki jihar na buƙatar ma'aikatan gidan billa. Koyaya, wannan ya fi dala miliyan 1 fiye da abin da jihar ke buƙata don wuraren ajiyar sinadarai.
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Ginin yana adana samfurin fashewa wanda ba a zahiri dole ne ya zama fashewa.
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Ya rage yawan adadin abubuwan fashewar da yake ajiyewa a wurin da fam 56,000 (ko kusan kashi 50).
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kamfanin ya yi ba aiki tare da Ma'aikatar Tsaron Cikin Gida don haɓaka hanyoyin tsaro kamar yadda dokar tarayya ta buƙata, kuma DHS ba ta taɓa ba ta umarnin yin hakan ba. Ya ba da bayanai kan abubuwan fashewar abubuwan da ke cikin rukunin ga Ma'aikatar Kiwon Lafiya ta Texas, amma wannan hukumar ba ta mika wannan bayanin ga DHS ba, kuma ba a bukace ta ba.
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West Fertilizer Co. ba shi da masu gadi, na'urar ƙararrawa, ko shingen kewaye duk da cewa wurin ajiyar kayan aikin farko ne na na'urori masu fashewa, kuma an yi wa fashi sau 11 (mai yiwuwa ta masana'antun meth) a cikin shekaru 12.
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A cikin wannan lokacin, 'yan sanda sun mayar da martani ga rahotanni daban-daban guda biyar na kwararar ammonia daga wurin.
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A cikin shekaru 11 tun lokacin da Hukumar Kula da Sinadarai ta Amurka ta ba da shawarar EPA ta daidaita ammonium nitrate, tushen gobarar Yamma, hukumar ta babu motsi yin haka. Ba a saka shi a cikin jerin sinadarai masu haɗari na hukumar ba, kuma a tsawaita, ba a haɗa shi cikin jerin sunayen Texas ba.
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Wurin ya kasance kasa da ƙafa 3,000 daga makarantu biyu da wani yanki mai tarin yawa kuma babu dokar tarayya ko ta jaha akan littattafan da za su hana su kusanci.
A takaice dai, akwai yalwar 'ya'yan itace masu rataye da yawa don 'yan majalisar Texas don magance su don hana Wests gaba. Amma duk da haka, bayan fashewar, jihar Texas ta dauki nauyi daidai daya Tabbataccen mataki don hana aukuwar bala'o'i a nan gaba: Ya ƙirƙiri gidan yanar gizon da ke ba mutane damar tantance ko akwai masana'antar sinadarai a unguwarsu. Wannan bayani ne da ya kamata a samu ga jama'a, amma bai kamata a ruɗe shi da matakin da ke tabbatar da waɗannan tsire-tsire ba.
Hukumar kashe gobara ta jihar Texas tayi tayin bayar da shawarwarin mafi kyawun ayyuka na son rai ga gundumomi ba tare da ka'idodin kashe gobara ba, da kuma duba wuraren sinadarai - kuma, da son rai - idan masu mallakar suna so, amma tasirin hakan yana damun gaskiyar cewa yankunan karkara, inda yawancin wuraren sinadarai suna wurin, har yanzu an haramta su a ƙarƙashin dokar Texas daga aiwatar da ka'idojin wuta. Kudirin da zai kawo karshen wannan haramcin, wanda Gwamna Rick Perry ya ki jefar da goyon bayansa a baya, bai tafi ko ina ba a wannan zaman. Ba a yin la'akari da shi a zaman na musamman.
'Yan majalisar sun kuma yi magana game da bayar da shawarar cewa wuraren sanya wasu alamu don sanar da mutane game da kasancewar wasu sinadarai masu haɗari a kusa.
Bayanan da jama'a kawai suka yi a yamma daga manyan 'yan majalisar dokokin jihar a cikin watan da ya gabata sun zo ne lokacin da Hukumar Ba da Agajin Gaggawa ta Tarayya ta ki amincewa da bukatar Texas na taimakon dala miliyan 17 don bala'in bala'in, bai yi wani abu ba don hanawa bisa dalilin cewa Texas na da kuɗin don biya shi. (Kuma yana aikatawa - an saita asusun ranar ruwan sama na Texas $ 8 biliyan zuwa 2015.)
Wataƙila idan masu fafutukar zaɓe da gaske suna son dakatar da Texas daga sarrafa asibitocin kawai su fara kiran su "tsirar taki."
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